A glimpse into our only rest day, *Stock* full of planning, feasting, our first flat, a sunset ride to Stockton, and Rachel getting made fun of. An intro to Stockton's stockpile of inspiring educators. And of course some Stockton stock photos!

Friday was our first day working with students and we started off at Gibson Elementary in Woodland. We had a hectic day of teaching, hastily shoving solar panels into panniers, racing around the Sacramento area by car, bike, and train, and finalizing details of our week’s route during each rare moment of downtime. All told, we lost one tent, missed one train, got five group hugs from ecstatic six-year-olds, made four kids cry, wolfed down two full plates of pasta (ok, Rachel and Johanna couldn’t quite keep up with Kelly on this one), and relaxed in one glorious hot tub...read on to find out what happened in between!

What are we doing on the bathroom floor of a Home Depot at 10pm on a Thursday? Oh, we’ll get there. But first you’ll have to read through our first newsletter/blogpost/update about our pre-cycling adventures, mwahahah.